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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Awful Alexander (1976)
Who took that cookie? Who didn’t eat their spinach? It must have been awful Alexander.
Author(s):
Judith Choate
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Bloomsday for Maggie (1976)
A young newspaper reporter in Tampa, Florida, during prohibition, "stuck" with society news while wishing for a front page assignment, struggles to combat the local prejudice about a "woman's place."
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Gustav the Gourmet Giant (1976)
A cruel giant threatens to eat a small boy.
Author(s):
LouAnn Gaeddert
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
A Little at a Time (1976)
A little girl goes for a walk with her grandpa.
Author(s):
David A. Adler
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
May I Visit? (1976)
A young girl wonders about visiting her mother after she is grown up.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Most Delicious Camping Trip Ever (1976)
Ronald and Oliver, the twin bear cubs, go camping with Aunt Bear. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Alice Bach
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Much Bigger than Martin (1976)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Purple Dragon and Other Fantasies (1976)
Fifteen tales by the Master of Oz.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Tim Kirk
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1976)
A clear-eyed look at the American south at the time of the Great Depression through the eyes of a young African American girl.
Author(s):
Mildred D. Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Somebody Else’s Child (1976)
Peter learns what it means to be adopted.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Roberta Silman
Illustrator(s):
Chris Conover
Steven Kellogg’s Yankee Doodle (1976)
The famous Revolutionary War song.
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Author(s):
Edward Bangs
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
That Makes Me Mad! (1976)
Common situations that make everyone mad.
Author(s):
Steven Kroll
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Tintin and the Picaros (1976)
Underfoot: An Everyday Guide to Exploring the American Past (1976)
A guide to exploring local history.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
The Virgin Diplomats (1976)
A history of the American patriots who went to Europe to ask for assistance in their war with England.
Author(s):
Elmer Bendiner
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Wild Robin (1976)
Robin only wants to play until he is stolen off to fairyland where he is forced to play all day. This story originally appeared in Little Prudy’s Fairy Book.
Author(s):
Susan Jeffers
Sophie May
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
The Art of Nancy Ekholm Burkert (1977)
Author(s):
Michael Danoff
Illustrator(s):
Nancy Ekholm Burkert
Barney Bipple’s Magic Dandelions (1977)
Author(s):
Carol Chapman
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Benjy’s Boat Trip (1977)
Benjy is looking for his family and accidentally stows away on a ship.
Author(s):
Margaret Bloy Graham
Illustrator(s):
Margaret Bloy Graham
The Good Mousekeeper (1977)
A cat who likes mice keeps 283 of them in her house.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Kraus
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight